Last Saturday, May 6, the Lawrence annual track and field Viking Invitational ended successfully with both Viking men and women taking second place. There were more than 20 track and field events for men and women starting at 10 a.m. at Whiting Field, providing athletes and fans a variety of finals to participate in and…
Conference Championships Results: Track
This past weekend Lawrence’s Indoor Track team went to Jacksonville, Ill. to compete in the Midwest Conference Championships. The meet was hosted by Illinois College. The first day of the meet included many strong performances for the Lawrence Women. Junior Hannah Kinzer won all conference honors in the women’s 5000 with a third place score…
Conference Championships Results: Swimming
The Lawrence Swimming & Diving team traveled all the way to Grinnell, Iowa to compete in the three-day Midwest Conference Championships at Grinnell College and to wrap up their season. The opener day started strong; the men’s team had top finishes from the 200 freestyle relay team from freshman Tom Goldberg, sophomore Max Stahl, junior…
Conference Championships Results: Fencing
This past weekend, Saturday Feb. 25 and Sunday, Feb. 26, Lawrence University concluded a successful season when they finished third in the Midwest Fencing Conference Championships (MFCC) at Ohio State University. The event had individual and team-based only competition with 22 fencing teams from 22 universities compete in men’s and women’s foil, épée and sabre…
Super bowl conference championship games
Four teams came into the conference championship games for each of the two National Football League (NFL) conferences, each led by high-profile, “elite” quarterbacks. For the careers of one or two, that adjective is debatable, but each put on a season worthy of the title in 2016. Matt Ryan led the Atlanta Falcons to an…
UConn beats Kentucky in NCAA Championship game
The Final Four was surrounded by a number of stories waiting to come to fruition. Could Bo Ryan lead the Wisconsin Badgers to their first National Championship since 1941? Could Billy Donovan win his 3rd championship at Florida and place himself in history with the likes of John Wooden (10 championships), Adolph Rupp (four championships),…